Headlines for the Week of March 26, 2012

Assistant Dean Steve Sowle  »

• Change of division requests: March 21 to 30.
• Spring 2012 final exams:
• Exam schedule.
• Exam conflict/reschedule requests: March 28 to April 6.
• Exam method registration: March 28 to April 6.
• Extended building hours on Saturday, March 31.
• Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam: New Illinois rule.
• Joke of the week.

Registrar  »

• Office hours.
• Pass/fail revocation: Deadline is April 27.
• Change of division requests: March 21 to March 30.
• Spring 2012 final exams:
• Exam schedule.
• Exam conflict/reschedule requests: March 28 to April 6.
• Exam method registration: March 28 to April 6.
• Official student withdrawal process.

Student Services  »

• Student health insurance information.
• Academic Resource Library.
• Student business cards.
• Counseling Center information.

Financial Aid  »

• Reminder to spring graduates.

Bursar's Office  »

• New cashier office hours.
• Financial aid refunds.
• How to receive your Perkins Loan.

Career Services  »

• April 24 and April 25: "What's Next for Fall." Mandatory for 1Ls.
• March 27: Applications for the LADR (Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution) and Criminal Litigation certificate programs due.
• "Professionalism Series" Programs.
• March 28: "Managing Law School Debt: What Every Student Should Know."
• March 28: Career advice panel sponsored by the Decalogue/Jewish Law Society and the Labor and Employment Law Society.
• March 29: Chicago-Kent Gallery Night: Panel Discussion and Networking Event (4 to 7 p.m.), hosted by the Art and Cultural Property Law Society.
• March 29: National Security Career Symposium.
• March 30: 2012 Great Lakes Environmental Law Symposium.
• April 2: Chris Tyrrell, "Legal Lazarus: How the Law Helped Build My Business, Buried It, and Brought It Back to Life Again."
• April 3: Boot Camp for Summer Jobs.
• April 4: "Preparing for Diversity Job Fairs."
• April 4: Corporate Counsel Night.
• April 4: Presentation regarding the Skadden Fellowship Program at the University of Chicago.
• April 6: Deadline to RSVP to Federal Bar Association "Judicial Clerkships 101" Presentation.
• Résumé Books: Opt-in and report results.
• Make-up procedures for mandatory 1L orientation.
• OCI: Don't forget to report callbacks and offers!
• March 26: Edwards Wildman Spring 2012 Reception for Diverse Law Students.
• April 5: Applications due for the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Summer Fellowship Program.
• April 10 at 11:59 p.m.: Deadline extended to apply for Equal Justice Works Summer Corps.
• 2012 CFEBA ICC Legal Internship: Scholarship for Summer Internship at the Illinois Commerce Commission.
• ABA John J. Curtin Jr. Justice Fund Summer Legal Internship Program.
• AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Minority Outreach Program.
• The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 2012-13 Scholarship.
• Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund for Progressive Social Change.
• Defense Research Institute (DRI) 2012 Law Student Diversity Scholarship.
• Save the Date: Cook County Bar Association Minority Law Student Job Fair, August 17.
• Save the Date: Indianapolis Bar Association Diversity Job Fair, July 26 and 27.
• Job fairs: Don't forget to report callbacks and offers!
• PSLawNet: Public interest job postings and summer funding resource.
• Updated Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships.
• 2011-12 Government Honors & Internship Handbook.

Student Announcements from Alumni Relations  »

• April 3: Take a Break Alumni Speaker Panel: "You're Hired! Building a Network That Leads to Jobs."
• Commencement information:
• Your Commencement timeline.
• Required forms: Cap and gown order form due April 1.
• Do NOT complete graduation forms from IIT Main Campus.
• Information for out-of-town graduates.
• Hotel information.
• Class of 2012 Class Gift:
• Announcing the 2012 Class Gift Project.
• Update on faculty gift-matching days.
• Your 2012 Class Gift Committee.
• Thank you to our donors!
• Watch for fountains to be installed soon.
• Upcoming alumni networking events:
• March 30: Chicago-Kent Gallery Night.
• April 5: IPLS Alumni Awards Reception.
• April 11: Diversity Networking Reception.
• April 15: ILW 15th Anniversary Reception.
• April 26: Public Interest Awards Night.
• June 8: Chicago-Kent Night with the White Sox.

Scholarships  »

• Apply now for the Kane County Bar Foundation Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Geri and Ron Yonover Fellowship. Deadline extended and amount increased.
• Apply now for the Bohemian Lawyers' Association of Chicago Scholarship.
• Apply now for the London Law Consortium Lord Acton Memorial Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Grand Rapids Community Foundation Scholarships.
• Apply now for the Polish Women's Civic Club Inc. Scholarships.
• Apply now for the Knights of Dabrowski Crusade for Education Program.
• Apply now for the Central Illinois Women's Bar Association Scholarship Program.
• Apply now for the Illinois Government Bar Association Scholarship.
• Apply now for the DuPage County Chapter of the Justinian Society of Lawyers.
• Apply now for the Darleen J. and Robert L. Walker Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Asian Law Student Scholarship.
• Apply now for the William McClain Scholarship, funded by the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Bar Association.
• Apply now for the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Mike Eidson Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago's Academic Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Get Prepped LSAT Prep Law School Scholarship.
• Apply now for the Michigan Auto Law Diversity Scholarship.
• Submit essays now for the Institute for Justice Center for Judicial Engagement Law Student Essay Contest.

IIT Center for Law & Business Bookstore  »

• Getting ready for midterms.

Law Offices/Clinic/Externships  »

• Summer and fall 2012 Law Offices In-House Clinic applications are now available.
• LADR (Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution) Certificate Program applications are due March 27 at 5 p.m.
• Criminal Litigation Certificate Program applications are due March 27 at 5 p.m.
• Access2Practice Legal Externship Program information:
• Fall 2012 semester: Intellectual property (IP) legal externship (for credit).
• Summer 2012 semester: Environmental law legal externship (for credit).
  
• Fall 2012 semester: U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
• For a description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices home page at www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.

Legal Research and Writing Program  »

• Call for Legal Research and Writing teaching assistants for 2012-13.

International Law and Policy  »

• International Center hours and travel signatures.

Writing competitions  »

• No new entries this week.

Center for Law and Computers  »

• Connecting to wireless.
• Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus available for student use.
• Using webmail in Internet Explorer 9.
• Service alerts and news.

Library  »

• Free online legal research brown bag.
• Enter the third annual Library PeepShow!
• Take a virtual tour of the library.
• Library hours.
• Become a fan of the library: Find us on Facebook!
• Secure your personal property in the library!
• General library policies.

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)  »

• CALI Lessons: Free study materials upgraded for 2011-12.

Center for Access to Justice and Technology  »

• Sign up now for a summer Self-Help Web Center position.
• 3Ls: Submit your Application for Completion for the Certificate in Public Interest Law. Deadline is March 26.
• Apply for the CAJT Summer Fellowship! Deadline is April 1.